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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɜːmɪn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɝmɪn/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪn

名詞

ermine (countable and uncountable, plural ermines or ermine)

1. A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
2. The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.
3. (by extension, figuratively) The office of a judge.
4. (heraldry) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.
5. Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae

同意語

• stoat (British)
• short-tailed weasel (American)

派生語

関連する語

• erminee

形容詞

ermine (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour ermine (white with black spots).

動詞

ermine (third-person singular simple present ermines, present participle ermining, simple past and past participle ermined)

1. (transitive) To clothe with ermine.

アナグラム

• enmire, Remine, remine, ReMine, emerin, Nereim